COOK Tamsin

Australia

Swimming

Date of Birth: 25 Dec 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Place of birth: CAPE TOWN

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : PERTH, WA

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay AUS Australia	3

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - Heat 4	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	4x200Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6th (4:05.30)	H (8:36.62)	2nd (7:44.87)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Cookie (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 03 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Media and Communications - University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, AUS

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

UWA West Coast Swimming Club [Perth, WA, AUS]

Coach:

Mick Palfrey [club], AUS; Rohan Taylor [national], AUS

Injuries:

In 2017 she suffered a neck injury in a car crash. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 06 Jun 2018)

Start:

She began swimming competitively at age 10. (education.wa.edu.au, 10 May 2016)

Reason:

She enjoyed surfing, hockey and horse riding before focusing on swimming. "Swimming is exciting, true and being successful depends on how hard you are willing to work." (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 03 Jul 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 16 Jun 2021)

Memorable:

Winning a silver medal in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (uwa.edu.au, 30 Apr 2021)

Hero:

US tennis player Serena Williams, Australian swimmers Stephanie Rice and Libby Trickett. (UWA Students Facebook page, 20 Apr 2016; theaustralian.com.au, 09 Apr 2016)

Award:

In 2015 she was named the Western Australia Institute of Sport [WAIS] Junior Athlete of the Year. (swimswam.com, 17 Oct 2015)

General Interest

General
BREAK AND COMEBACK
She struggled to find motivation for swimming after suffering a neck injury in a car accident in 2017. In June 2018 she announced her retirement from competitive swimming. In 2020 she returned to the pool on the suggestion of a friend. "In May 2020, a good friend suggested we go down to the pool and do some training after not being able to exercise much during [the COVID-19] lockdown. One thing led to another and now I'm back training and competing full-time and loving it. I came to realise that the [neck] injury wasn't the reason I ended up having the time off. I needed the mental break from the sport as well. It was a wake-up call for me that I wasn't as devastated as I would have been two years earlier. I knew I needed time away to mentally refresh and reconsider what my goals were. I've still got age on my side. I'm feeling my age in a good way, it's quite nice to have a few more years under my belt and to have had that time away from the sport." (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 06 Jun 2018; Instagram profile, 16 Jun 2021; thewest.com.au, 11 Jun 2021; swimswam.com, 28 Oct 2020; uwa.edu.au, 30 Apr 2021)

FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO AUSTRALIA
She was born in South Africa and moved to Australia with her family at age eight. (olympics.com.au, 03 Jul 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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